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D982 - Eagle Star Foundry, Belper (Smedley Bros) - c1890-1970
1 - Financial Records - [20th cent]
2 - Correspondence - [20th cent]
3 - Sales Catalogues - [20th cent]
4 - Plans, Designs and Related Documents - [20th cent]
1 - Sketched Designs - [20th cent]
2 - Blueprints - 1925-1926
1 - Blueprint of a cast iron footstep bearing for a pan mill - 5 Feb 1925
2 - Blueprint of a ball bearing footstep - 31 Aug 1926
3 - Untitled blueprint - [20th cent]
4 - Blueprint of the new foundations for the foundry extension - 15 Mar 1935
5 - Blueprint of a 7' - 0" Type 7 mill - 24 Jul 1926
6 - Blueprint of a 5 cwt, motor-driven pneumatic hammer - 30 May 1925
7 - Blueprint of a 5 cwt, motor-driven pneumatic hammer - 30 May 1925
8 - Blueprint of a steam-heated pan for Type 14 and Type 17 mixers - [20th cent]
9 - Blueprint of the application of a footstep bearing to a mortar or sand mill - 1 Oct 1936
10 - Blueprint of a footstep bearing for a 6-ton load - 20 Oct 1924
11 - Blueprint of the application of roller journal bearings to the worm shaft of a reduction gear in a 10-ton crane - 31 Mar 1926
12 - Blueprint for the application of ball and roller bearings to the footstep of a grinding pan - 5 Apr 1932
13 - Blueprint of the footstep of a pan mill - 28 Apr 1926
14 - Blueprint of the application of Timken bearings to a 25-ton Derrick Heel - 12 Jun 1942
15 - Blueprint of the application of Timken bearings to trunnion rollers - 4 Oct 1939
16 - Blueprint and accompanying sketch for the arrangement of a footstep bearing on a mixing mill - 3 Oct 1924
17 - Blueprint of a footstep bearing for a pan mill - 26 Jul 1926
18 - Blueprints of the application of ball, journal and thrust bearings, with shock absorbers, to the footstep of a mortar mill - 14 Dec 1925
19 - Blueprint of the arrangement of a footstep bearing on a mixing mill - 3 Oct 1924
20 - Blueprint of a ball bearing footstep for an edge runner mill - 5 Feb 1925
21 - Blueprint of the application of ball and roller bearings to the footstep of a grinding pan - 5 Apr 1932
22 - Blueprint of the application of ball and roller bearings to the footstep of a grinding pan - 5 Apr 1932
23 - Blueprint and specification for an electro-magnetic brake - 27 Aug 1935
24 - Blueprint of various building and roofing designs - 2 Apr 1946
25 - Blueprint, sent by D. Chattaway & Son Ltd., of a new crane gantry for the Smedley foundry - [20th cent]
26 - Blueprint and specifications from Royce Ltd. for standard AC motors, sizes 51-86 - 24 Oct 1922
27 - Blueprint and specifications from Royce Ltd. for standard machines, sizes 91-254 - 26 Mar 1922
28 - Blueprint and specifications from Royce Ltd. for standard AC motors, sizes 51-86 - 24 Oct 1922
29 - Blueprint of cast iron brine pipes - 23 Mar 1928
30 - Blueprint of cast iron pipes - 24 Mar 1928
31 - Blueprint of cast iron valves - 20 Oct 1916
32 - Blueprint of a cast iron column hanger bracket and wall box - 22 Nov 1920
33 - Blueprint of cast iron rollers for No. 3 coke screens, commissioned for the County Borough of Wallesy Gas and Water Department - 7 Nov 1932
34 - Blueprint of cast iron columns and brackets - 10 Sep 1920
35 - Blueprint of a cast iron wheel guard - 29 Apr 1920
36 - Blueprint of a cast iron column - 28 Sep 1920
37 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 2 cast iron boiler liners for Spencer-Hopwood Ltd. - 25 Nov 1927
38 - Blueprint of a cast iron octagonal post - 29 Jan 1920
39 - Blueprint of a cast iron bracket - 4 Dec 1919
40 - Blueprint of cast iron shoes - 3 May 1920
41 - Blueprint of a cast iron column - 22 Jan 1935
42 - Blueprint of cast iron blocks - 5 Mar 1920
43 - Blueprint of a cast iron column - 12 May 1920
44 - Blueprint and accompanying note for a cast iron boiler liner for Spencer Bonecourt Ltd. - 9 Sep 1926
45 - Blueprint of cast iron columns - 3 May 1920
46 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 8 cast iron columns - 13 Jun 1931-15 Jun 1931
47 - Blueprint of a cast iron column - 3 Jun 1920
48 - Blueprint of cast iron columns for H. Young & Co. Ltd. - 27 Aug 1920
49 - Blueprint of cast iron column entasis details - 31 Aug 1931
50 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 2 cast iron hearthplates - 29 May 1931-2 Jun 1931
51 - Blueprint of a cast iron column - 23 Jun 1931
52 - Blueprint of a cast iron column for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - 1 May 1920
53 - Blueprint of a cast iron column for Edward Wood & Co. Ltd. - 13 Dec 1935
54 - Blueprint of a cast iron bush for a runner - 27 Apr 1920
55 - Blueprint of cast iron columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - 14 Jun 1920
56 - Blueprint of heads and shoes to roof trusses - 23 Jun 1920
57 - Blueprint of a cast iron head, dome, plate, rollers and end collars - [20th cent]
58 - Blueprint of cast iron columns - 11 Jun 1920
59 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 6 cast iron columns - 27 Jul 1932-3 Aug 1932
60 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 2 cast iron baffle plates - 25 Sep 1933
61 - Blueprint of cast iron columns - 25 Aug 1933
62 - Blueprint of a cast iron lamp column in Kingston, Jamaica - 16 Aug 1932
63 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 24 cast iron columns, with additional cap and base designs - 27 Oct 1933-30 Oct 1933
64 - Blueprint and accompanying note for 4 cast iron columns - 26 Oct 1933
65 - Blueprint of a cast iron screen and provender - 7 Jun 1933
66 - Blueprint of cast iron mouthpieces for silo bin bottoms - 26 May 1933
67 - Blueprint of cast iron mouthpieces for bin hoppers in a flaking mill and rope race - 31 May 1933
68 - Blueprint of cast iron mouthpieces for bin hoppers in a screen house and provender mill - 31 May 1933
69 - Blueprint of cast iron screen columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - [20th cent]
70 - Blueprint of cast iron flaking mill columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - [20th cent]
71 - Blueprint of cast iron flaking mill columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - 10 Jun 1933
72 - Blueprint of 7 cast iron columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - 17 May 1933
73 - Blueprint of cast iron screen columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - [20th cent]
74 - Blueprint of a cast iron column for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - 17 May 1933
75 - Blueprint of a cast iron provender mill column for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - 17 May 1933
76 - Blueprint of cast iron screen columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - [20th cent]
77 - Blueprint of cast iron mill columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - [20th cent]
78 - Blueprint of 3 cast iron columns for A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. - [20th cent]
79 - Blueprint of cast iron columns - [20th cent]
80 - Blueprint of a cast iron column - 22 Jul 1931
81 - List of orders with specifications - 10 Sep 1920
82 - Order from Midland Refractories Co. Ltd. for 60 cast iron pedestals - 27 Apr 1920
83 - Order from Dalton & Co. for cast iron hanger brackets, pulleys, a wall box and hard wood pieces - 19 Oct 1920
84 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 20 Aug 1926
85 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 23 Apr 1920
86 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 5 cast iron columns - 23 Feb 1920
87 - Cancelled order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 23 Apr 1920
88 - Order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for a cast iron wheel guard - 20 Mar 1920
89 - Order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for 2 cast iron gate posts - 29 Jan 1920
90 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for a cast iron column - 5 May 1920
91 - Order from Heage Naughton Colliery Co. for 24 firebar patterns - 26 Aug 1926
92 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 27 Apr 1920
93 - Order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for 5 cast iron columns - 28 Apr 1920
94 - Order from W. H. Raynor & Co. Ltd. for 16 cast iron shoes - 28 Apr 1920
95 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for a cast iron column - 23 Apr 1920
96 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 1 Apr 1920
97 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for a cast iron column - 31 Mar 1920
98 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 20 cast iron curbings - 24 Apr 1920
99 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 2 cast iron brackets - 23 Sep 1920
100 - Order from Fawcett Construction Co. Ltd. for a cast iron column - 27 Apr 1920
101 - Order for 2 cast iron columns - 14 Feb 1933
102 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 2 cast iron brackets - 22 Mar 1920
103 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 18 cast iron brackets - 2 Dec 1919
104 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 13 May 1920
105 - Order from H. Young & Co. Ltd. for 11 cast iron columns - 30 Apr 1920
106 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 5 castings - 12 May 1920
107 - Order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 17 Mar 1920
108 - Order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for 11 cast iron columns and 4 boxes, with a cancelled order for 6 columns - 30 Mar 1920
109 - Order from Lewis & Grundy Ltd. for 42 cast iron columns - 12 May 1920
110 - Order from H. Young & Co. Ltd. for 5 cast iron columns - 10 Jun 1920
111 - Order from Lewis & Grundy Ltd. for 17 cast iron standards - 24 Dec 1935
112 - Order from J. Jackson, Son & Co. for 3 cast iron columns - 21 May 1920
113 - Order from Matterson, Huxley & Watson for a cast iron column - 22 Jan 1935
114 - Order from Coulson F. Stokes & Co. for 3 cast iron blocks - 5 Mar 1920
115 - Orders from M. R. Co. and Measures Bros. Ltd. for cast iron columns - 13 Mar 1920-20 Apr 1920
116 - Order from Fawcett Construction Co. Ltd. for 3 cast iron blocks - 20 May 1920
117 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 4 cast iron columns - 2 Jun 1920
118 - Order from Spooner & Bailey Ltd. for 4 cast iron stoppers and pipes - 2 Sep 1920
119 - Order from J. Oswald & Sons Ltd. for 100 cast iron plates - 22 Jun 1920
120 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 42 cast iron columns - 21 Jun 1920
121 - Order from Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. for 3 cast iron standards, with a seperate cast iron standard order - 3 Aug 1920
122 - Order from W. J. Eyre for a cast iron pulley - 18 Jun 1920
123 - Order from H. Parkes & Nephew Ltd. for 2 cast iron semicircular wheel guards - 27 Apr 1920
124 - Order for 9 cast iron columns - 30 Aug 1920
125 - Order for a cast iron column - 14 Jul 1931
126 - Order for 2 cast iron columns - 23 Jun 1931
127 - 3 seperate orders for 100 cast iron lamp columns - 18 Feb 1931-26 Nov 1931
128 - Order from Sheppard Weldon & Co. for 2 cast iron columns - 25 Sep 1920
129 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for a cast iron column - 30 Apr 1920
130 - Order from Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. for a cast iron handrail post - 10 Jun 1920
131 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 27 May 1926
132 - Order for 6 cast iron gate posts - 12 Jan 1933
133 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 2 Jun 1920
134 - Order from Measures Bros. Ltd. for 2 cast iron columns - 7 Jun 1920
135 - Order from W. Danks & Co. Ltd. for 4 cast iron heads and 8 shoes - 16 Jun 1920
136 - Order from J. D. Oswald & Sons Ltd. for a cast iron column - 16 Aug 1927
137 - Order from Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. for a cast iron standard - 30 Aug 1920
138 - Order for 19 cast iron columns - 22 Jul 1931
139 - Order for 2 cast iron gate pillars - 22 Jun 1931
140 - Order from D. Chattaway & Son Ltd. for 4 tafer packings - 14 May 1940
141 - Order for 9 cast iron lamp columns - 24 May 1933
142 - Order for 12 cast iron lamp columns - 26 Jul 1932
143 - Order for 2 cast iron posts - 15 Aug 1933
144 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 17 cast iron columns - 25 Aug 1933
145 - Order for 6 split spiders - 28 Sep 1933
146 - Order from Lees for 12 cast iron lamp columns - 9 Sep 1933
147 - Order from Lees for 12 cast iron lamp columns - 12 Jul 1933
148 - Order from Lees for 19 cast iron lamp columns - 24 Jun 1933
149 - Order from Lees for 6 cast iron lamp columns - 24 May 1933
150 - Order from Lees for 12 cast iron lamp columns - 18 Jul 1933
151 - Order from Lees for 2 cast iron lamp columns - 13 Apr 1933
152 - Order from Lees for 12 cast iron lamp columns - 9 May 1932
153 - Order from Lees for 2 cast iron lamp columns - [20th cent]
154 - Order from Kingston for 50 cast iron lamp columns - 4 Aug 1933
155 - Order from Kingston for 50 cast iron lamp columns - 13 Mar 1933
156 - Order from Kingston for 50 cast iron lamp columns - 25 Jul 1932
157 - Order for 8 cast iron blocks - 25 Oct 1933
158 - Order for 6 cast iron firebars - 30 Nov 1933
159 - Order for a set of cast iron firebars - 16 Nov 1933
160 - Order from F. H. Drabble for 12 castings - 8 Dec 1933
161 - Order from B. Laporto Ltd. for 24 ardurite castings - 4 Dec 1933
162 - Order from M. H. & W. Ltd. for a cast iron lamp column - 28 Nov 1933
163 - Order from Ripley Gas Co. for a cast iron lamp column - 12 Dec 1933
164 - Order for 110 cast iron firebars - 13 Dec 1933
165 - Order from A. D. Dawnay & Sons Ltd. for 2 mouthpieces - 25 Aug 1933
166 - Order for 2 sprocket wheels - 15 May 1933
167 - Order for 36 cast iron lamp columns - 1931
168 - Order for 6 cast iron rollers - 10 Jan 1935
169 - Orders for 8 ardurite plate and 8 ardurite slides - 22 Aug 1933
170 - Order for a set of cast iron firebars - 22 May 1933
171 - Blueprint of a ventilating cowl - 25 Mar 1924
172 - Blueprint of a ventilating cowl - 25 Mar 1924
173 - Blueprint of a cast iron end bracket for force ventilation - 27 Sep 1915
174 - Blueprint of a cast iron end bracket for force ventilation - 27 Sep 1915
175 - Blueprint of a cast iron wheel guard - [20th cent]
176 - Untitled blueprint - 29 Sep 1909
177 - Blueprint of a runway to the foundry top shop - 10 Dec 1946
178 - Blueprint for the application of roller bearings to a grinding pan - 6 Jul 1934
3 - Related Papers - 1927
5 - Assorted Papers and Photographs - [20th cent]
UL - Eagle Star Foundry, Belper (Smedley Bros): unlisted records
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